The Correlational Research of Intra-firm Trade Effect and International Trade Performance

• Main Authors: Shu-Yun Wei, 魏淑韻
• Other Authors: Tsai-Mei Lin
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2002
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/04222028494299144313

碩士 === 中國文化大學 === 國際企業管理研究所 === 90 === Owing to be limit of the natural resource in Taiwan early periods, it should be depend on International Trade to maintain the economic growth. For the past research, it was absorbed in the ways of entry the international market and the methods of promote the balance of trade surplus. However, the situation of the balance of trade surplus between Taiwan and America increasingly, how the Taiwanese MNE could get rid of the unfair trade accusation raised by foreign competitors or relevant foreign governmental agencies. The study supported that looking at the scope of the influences of each MNE’s characteristics on the effects of International trade performance, and discussion that the Intra-firm trade effect were adopted by MNE, is there more international trade performance would be happened. The independent variable on the study are “Production cost”, “R&D”, “How many subsidiary company”; Another independent variable on the study are “Intra-firm trade effect”, including export replacement, reverse import, lead export and import exchange. The dependent variable on the study are the ratio of Export growth, the ratio of Export profitability and the Balance of the trade surplus. The results show that both of Taiwanese MNE and Japanese MNE consider that to reduce the production cost, to increase R&D expense and to increase the subsidiary company will increase international trade performance. The percent of the Taiwanese and Japanese MNE have adopted the Intra-firm trade effect are about 20%-40%, and about 80% agree the intra-firm trade effect will improve balance of payments and frictions of international trade.